Dragonborn

Born of the distant blood of dragons, dragonborn are a colorful and varied race. Although called dragonborn, they are more similar to lizard men -- although one might find themselves at the wrong end of a sword if they were caught saying that of a cyrnean dragonborn. Their typical personalities and physical features are heavily influenced by the type of dragon whose blood runs in their veins.

Physical Description

Dragonborn are scaled creatures, their head a snout and have broad, muscular tails. Most if not all dragonborn are capable of some sort of breath attack, whether it be a swathe of fire, or a cloud of noxious gas. The color of the scales, and the type of breath attack depend entirely on the dragonborn’s lineage. For example, one descended from a red dragon would have red scales and breathe a cone of fire.

Typically of a broader and taller build than humans, they strike quite an imposing figure. On average they stand at 7-8 feet tall. Unlike most other races, dragonborn do not die of old age. There are tales of still living Cyrnean elders that experienced the Cataclysm first hand. Unfortunately, it is rare to see a dragonborn live past a few hundred years due to the commonality of violence in Cyrne.

Personalities

Dragonborn are known for violence and avarice. The term ‘dragon eyed’ used to refer to greedy people was coined as a slight against dragonborn originally. Dragonborn often have little regard for traditional morality due to the utilitarian pragmatism that arose in cyrnean culture to survive the harshness of their land and rulers. They feel an immense sense of pride for their flights, their culture, their race and heritage, and their achievements. There is a prevailing mindset in cyrne: power is authority. If one has the power to take, or command, or destroy, they have the authority to do so.

In the World

Dragonborn can be found all around the world is reasonable numbers. Cyrne however, is almost completely made up of dragonborn. Few people feel the need to travel to the Cyrne and Cyrneans are too preoccupied on their internal power struggles to be invested in the happenings of other nations, leading to a monoethnic culture lacking in diversity.

Racial Traits

• Ability Score Racial Traits: Dragonborn gain +2 Strength and +2 Intelligence.
• Size: Dragonborn are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Type: Dragonborn are humanoids with the Reptilian subtype.
• Base Speed: Dragonborn have a base speed of 30 feet, and a swim speed of 15 feet.

Defense Racial Traits

• Natural Armor: The thick scales of the dragonborn grant them a +1 natural armor bonus.
• Transmutation Familiarity: Although not able to alter their form at will like the great true dragons, dragonborn find it easier than most to shrug off as well as cast transmutation spells. Dragonborn gain a +2 to saves against spells from the transmutation school and spells they cast from the transmutation school gain a +2 bonus to their save DC.

Offensive Racial Traits

• Dragon’s Breath (Su): A dragonborn can unleash a breath as a standard action attack once per day, and once more per day for every 5 hit dice they have. The type of damage and area of the breath weapon are detailed in the table listed below, and are based on the heritage of the dragonborn. This breath weapon deals 1d6 points of damage for each hit dice the dragonborn has. Creatures in the area of effect are allowed to make a Reflex Saving Throw for half damage with a DC of 10 + ½ the dragonborn’s hit dice + the dragonborn’s Constitution modifier. After using the breath weapon, the dragonborn must wait 1d4 rounds before it may be used again.

Dragon Type	Breath Weapon
Black	30’ line of acid
Blue	30’ line of electricity
Brass	30’ line of fire
Bronze	30’ line of electricity
Copper	30’ line of acid
Gold	15’ cone of fire
Green	15’ cone of acid
Red	15’ cone of fire
Silver	15’ cone of cold
White	15’ cone of cold

Skill and Feat Racial Traits

• Arcane Attunement: Dragonborn have a strong connection to the arcane, they always treat Spellcraft as a class skill and gain +2 racial bonus to Knowledge(Arcane) skill checks.